Maternity Portraits In Front Of The Christmas Tree: a house log

Before we took down the holiday decorations, we chose to snap a couple better-late-than-never seasonal pictures, since this will likely be the last time we can take a photo like this in front of the tree.

Kinda crazy to think that this was our last Christmas with simply one little one (well, two including Burger – and about 30 if you count all of Sherry’s ceramic animals). What is even crazier is that Clara stood still sufficient for this long of an exposure! If you want to take a photo like this, our pointers are: use a tripod, lower the lights in the room so the tree glows, and use a long exposure and stand as still as possible. The results are so cool!

What did you folks wrap and unwrap this year? Do you do big gift exchanges with your other half, or simply little lively things that you’ve been eying? Sherry and I like to keep it fairly low key, but we enjoy hearing about giant surprises (were there any bows on any cars in any driveways?) and little thoughtful things alike.

Update: You can check out all of our go-to holiday decor finds here – many of which are under $15!